This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: LGooding184 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.spokane/5789.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Here is another one that was posted the day before on October 28, 1997. LaVerne, Ruth F (age 82) passed away in Spokane on October 26, 1997. She is survived by sons Gary LaVerne of Spokane and Ron LaVerne of Colfax, WA, two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; brother Albert Koening of Colfax, WA. She was preceded in death by her husband F. L. "Slim" Laverne in 1993. She was married to Slim August 8, 1941 in Colfax. Worked as a waitress until 1949 and then from 1949 to 1956 ran Colfax Taxi and Ambulance. She owned and operated Anderson's Bakery from 1960 to 1973 and managed Siesta Motel in Colfax until 1989 where sh retired in Spokane. Member of Peace Lutheran Church in Colfax. Visitation for Mrs. LaVerne will be Friday, October 31, 1997 from 12:00 noon to 8:00pm at Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home, 1306 N. Pines Rd, Funeral Services held on Saturday, November 1, 1997 at 10:00 am at the Pines Cemetery Mausoleum, 16th and Pines in the Spokane Valley. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.